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<P class="title"><A NAME="HELPInfoOptions"></A>Archive options dialog<hr></P>

<P>This dialog combines the following commands: <A HREF="HELPCommandsProtect.htm">
Protect archive</A>, creating <A HREF="HELPArcRecVolumes.htm">recovery
volumes</A>, <A HREF="HELPCommandsLock.htm">Lock archive</A>, saving
and restoring the original archive name and time. All they are
supported only by <A HREF="HELPRARVersusZIP.htm">RAR archive format</A>.</P>

<P>Protecting an archive may help to <A HREF="HELPCommandsRepair.htm">
repair</A> it later in case of small physical damage of the archive
data. If you wish to protect an archive from damage, you need to specify
a size of the <A HREF="HELPArcRecovery.htm">recovery record</A> in
percent to the total archive size. Maximum allowed value is 100%.
If you set this field to 0, the recovery record will not be added.
Larger recovery record allows to recover from more serious damages,
but at the same time it increases archive size, so 3 - 5% is probably
optimal.</P>

<P>The special case of archive protecting is generating <A HREF="HELPArcRecVolumes.htm">
recovery volumes</A>. It is possible only if an opened archive is the
first file in the <A HREF="HELPArcVolumes.htm">multivolume</A> sequence,
in this case you just need to select the number of .rev files to create.
You may also append a percent character to this parameter, in such
case the number of creating .rev files will be equal to this percent
taken from the total number of RAR volumes. Each recovery volume allows
to reconstruct one missing volume file. You may read more about this
feature <A HREF="HELPArcRecVolumes.htm">here</A>.</P>

<P>Set "Disable archive modifications" option if you wish to lock
an important archive, so WinRAR cannot modify it. Locking important archives
prevents their accidental modification by WinRAR. This option is not intended
or able to prevent modification by other tools or willful third party.
It implements a safety measure only for accidental data change by WinRAR.</P>

<p id="SaveOrig">"Original archive name and time" options allow to add
the current archive name and creation time to archive and restore them later
if archive was renamed or its time was changed. When restoring, the saved
creation time is set both as creation and modification file time.
Use "Remove" to delete saved name and time. Unlike "Do not save",
it works even if no other options in this dialog are modified.
Press "Copy to clipboard" to place the saved archive name to clipboard.</p>

<p>Recovery volumes has a higher precedence than other options and cannot be
combined with them. If you specified non-zero number of .rev files,
WinRAR will ignore recovery record and archive lock parameters
and will create recovery volumes. Similarly, restoring the original archive
name and time isn't compatible with other options here and shall be used
alone.</p>

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